Government-imposed net neutrality: Twice-bitten, not shy about a third try

Why does the federal government appear so adamant to again blatantly ignore the law, extend its power over the Internet, and re-impose network neutrality?

After all, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has already tried it — twice. And been unanimously rebuked by the D.C. Circuit Court — twice.

Each time, the attempted power grab grew in size and scope.

The first involved a single Internet Service Provider (ISP) after an alleged single violation. (Which of course would have opened the door for greater grabs to follow.) How’d that go for the government?

Go back in time to 1934 (and even before) – and illegally impose landline telephone (Common Carrier) regulations on the Web. The government regulates the daylights out of landlines – so Progressives want the government to jam the Web in there too. Which would allegedly allow them to reimpose Net Neutrality – and tax the Net, and….

That’s not existing authority — it’s an even more ginormous new power grab. I’m sure pens and phones would be involved.

How about by leaving it alone? We had three years with illegally-imposed net neutrality — and three decades without it. And the Internet has all along been doing — well, best-in-human-history-levels of extraordinary.